“Crazy heart” is not ground-breaking, but well-done and Jeff Bridges performance deserved the Oscar.
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Limbo in a Screensaver: “The Lovely Bones”
Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones” is visually rich but absurd.
Something borrowed, something blue: “Avatar”
Avatar is technically brilliant but creatively stale
Animal instincts: “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans”
Herzog directs Cage and it’s a great match in “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans”
Deductive reasoning, now with Kung Fu!: “Sherlock Holmes”
Guy Ritchie delivers a clever revamp of the classic detective Sherlock Holmes.
Wasted potential: “Brothers”
Jim Sheridans’ “Brothers” comes up short.
Stylish Pulp: “Broken Embraces”
Penélope Cruz is happy, sad, afraid and frankly a little horny.
Destination Isolation: “Up in the Air”
Jason Reitman delivers a great film on the woes of globalization and isolation in modern America.
Heart of dotcomness: “We Live in Public”
Documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner captures the life and vision of internet pioneer Josh Harris in the interesting and bizarre “We Live in Public”.
One righteous, nunchuks-swinging brother: “Black Dynamite”
“Black Dynamite” is a loving send-up to blaxploitation films.
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